We have included a number of articles by and about Wilson Bentley and links to other snowflake related websites including a number of educational resources related to snowflakes.

This resources page also presents frequently asked question we have received from visitors and answers or links to where you can find out more information.

Bentley removing emulsion from a glass plate

Articles

The Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley

   Article Collection

Bentley wrote and published over 60 articles,
here is a sampling of writings by Bentley and other articles about the
Snowflake man.

Photographing Snowflakes.

Bentley, W. A. (1922). Popular Mechanics Magazine, Vol. 37, 309-312.

Snow Beauties

by Wilson A. Bentley. This article appeared in the "History Of Jericho" Volume 1 (1763 -1916).
It had previously appeared in Technical World 1910.

Wilson Bentley, the Snowflake Man

Blanchard, Duncan C. (1970). . Weatherwise, 23(6), 260-269.

The Snowflake Man

The American Magazine, February 1925 by Mary B. Mullet
Interview with Wilson Bentley at his home in Jericho.

   Books about Bentley   

The Snowflake Man: A biography of Wilson A. Bentley

Blanchard, Duncan C. (1998). . McDonald & Woodward Publishing Co., Blacksburg, Virginia.

Snowflake Bentley

Briggs Martin, Jacqueline (1998).. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Massachusetts.

Bibliography

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    Other Snowflake links    

• Kenneth G. Libbrecht's, "Snow Crystals"
  A project aimed at understanding pattern formation in nonlinear nonequilibrim systems, specifically a case study of the growth of snow crystals.
   
• Elementary Science Program's, "Studying Snowflakes"
  Learn how to take a close look at snowflakes, a beautiful form of water.
   
• Jacqueline Briggs Martin's, "Snowflake Bentley"
  Information on illustrator Mary Azarian, winner of the 1999 Caldecott Award.
   
• Jill Britton's, "Investigating Patterns"
  Annotated links to over 150 web sites that illustrate symmetry and tessellations, including snow crystal patterns. Organized into 30 learning activities that are correlated to a middle school math text.
   
• Cloudman's, "The Snowflake Man"
  A few comments on Duncan Blanchard's book "The Snowflake Man."
   
• Scientific American's, "Why do snowflakes crystallize...?"
  An article on why snowflakes crystallize into such intricate structures.
   
• David C. Stredulinsky's, "Other Snowflake Sites"
  More links to other Snowflake sites.
   
• Joanne Goodwin's, "Let it Snow!"
  An educational "unit" for students to learn how to make snowflakes.
   
• Microsoft's, "No flakes like snowflakes!"
  Few things are as awe-inspiring as snowflakes, those miniature masterpieces of symmetry. This activity invites students to explore snowflakes from the inside by making their own.
   
• Göran Lindblad's, "Comments on snowflakes"
  Brief comments on the history of snow crystal research.
   
• USA Today's, "The basic shapes of snow crystals"
  A discussion about how as snow crystals form they take on a six-sided, or hexagonal shape with what seems like an infinite number of varieties.
   
  TELUS Learning Connection's, "It's Winter"
  More links to snow information.
   
• Christian Science Monitor Feb. 22, 2000 Page 22
  2 Articles on snow. Photos by Wilson Bentley.
   
• Christian Science Monitor Feb. 22, 2000 Page 23
  What a snowflake's shape says about where it's been.
   
• Photo collection NOAA /the Historic NWS Collection
  This page contains Bentley Images from "Studies among the Snow Crystals ... " by Wilson Bentley, "The Snowflake Man." From Annual Summary of the "Monthly Weather Review" for 1902. Bentley's images are about half way down the page image numbers 850 to 879.
   
• Dr Richard Wild blizzard reaserch
  and other snow info

   

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Frequently asked Questions (FAQ)

Where can I find more information about Wilson Bentley?

This web site offers a wealth of information about Bentley's life and work. By going to the articles section, you will find a number of articles by and about Bentley. Published in 1998, the book The Snowflake Man, by Duncan Blanchard, is the quintessential biography of Bentley. An interactive look into Bentley's snowflakes and life's work can be found on the Wilson Bentley Digital Archives CD-ROM.

How did Bentley photograph snowflakes? In his article, Photographing Snowflakes, Bentley describes the process.

What type of camera did he use? Bentley used a bellows camera to which he adapted a compound microscope. He describes the camera and microscope in one of his articles. Bentley's original camera is on display at the Snowflake Bentley Exhibit at the Old Red Mill in Jericho.

Does this web site offer reproductions of Bentley's snowflakes? Yes. Go to our Gift Shop for a selection of Bentley snowflake prints and collectibles made by Vermont Snowflakes, the officially authorized company of the Jericho Historical Society. You will also find Bentley related books as well as an interactive CD-ROM.